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Jake Bergenfeld

Executive Corporate Strategy & Business Transformation leader in Wealth Management

BNY MellonPenn State UniversityNew York, NY6 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks On-Site

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Corporate strategy / M&A professional with experience acting as a chief-of-staff-style associate to multiple managing directors at Focus Financial Partners while running parallel M&A, enterprise vendor negotiations, and infrastructure strategy work. At BNY, led strategic growth initiatives around fintech partnerships (TAM + financial modeling) and supported a confidential divestiture using rigorous information-control processes.

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Key Strengths

  • Managed multiple concurrent cross-functional initiatives with structured executive alignment cadence
  • Built and enforced a standardized file structure improving document retrieval and reuse across projects
  • Balanced strategic planning with operational execution via time-blocking and workstream planning (Gantt-style breakdown)
  • Developed partnership-driven growth strategy including TAM analysis and financial modeling
  • Strong cross-functional coordination across product, legal, compliance, and technology to unblock progress
  • Handled highly sensitive divestiture work using strict confidentiality controls (external data rooms, code names)

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Experience

Vice PresidentBNY · Feb 2024 – Jul 2025
AssociateFocus Financial Partners · Oct 2021 – Nov 2023
Senior Business AnalystDepository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) · Jul 2019 – Oct 2021

Education

Penn State Universitybachelor, Risk Management (2019)

Awards

  • Dean’s List - Smeal College of Business, The Pennsylvania State University

Skills

Microsoft OfficeRisk ManagementRoot Cause AnalysisStrategic PlanningVendor ManagementAgile TransformationBenchmarkingBusiness TransformationClient Revenue AnalysisCorporate DevelopmentCorporate StrategyCurrent-State AnalysisDistribution StrategyExecutive PresentationsFinancial Modeling

Languages

English

Certifications

FINRA SIE Certification

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